Capitalist Dilemma

In a capitalist country, anyone with money should be able to buy whatever happiness his money can afford right?
What if someone wants to buy the moon?
What if Coke or Pepsi or Reebok or Nike want to beam their logo onto the moon?
Is it alright, since they can afford it?

What about my right to beautiful nights?

Or are future lovers going to talk about their first kiss under an Adidas moon?

What do you think?

Update on 31 August

Adding what girish quoted from my post on pagalguy.com:

Capitalism has recognized that desire is not a bad thing. As long as one chooses legal means with moral sanction to achieve one’s desires there is nothing wrong with having them. If I may use hyperbole, if you want to coat your roof with gold and you have the means to do so, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that.

so if you want to coat your roof with gold, you have every right to.

but what if i want to paint the moon gold.

practically, the only thing preventing me is the fact that i can't afford to do so.

okay, suppose i can. next step, government legislation.

but under an ideal anarcho-capitalist setup, there should be no government.

so am i advocating minimalist government? i think so. am wondering how comfortable i am with the idea.

every compromise is one step away from "big brother" or "nike on the moon".

so i guess what i am saying is that there are no political ideals. there's just what works and what doesn't. i'll stand by my earlier views on capitalism and maintain minimal government as necessary.

just wondering what everyone else thinks. specially the anarchists

What's On!

Elsewhere in the world,

Oprah Winfrey is serving jury duty on a murder trial
Iran's sportswomen have to wear the hejab while competing in the olympics
India hasn't won in the Olympics yet
Schumacer wins again
I had pancakes with maple syrup for bkfast

Jai Hind!

So what's up in your world?
Do you know?
Do you care?

India celebrated the 57th year of independence yesterday. I remember when we were in school, we'd go for the parade and flag raising ceremony. And get boiled sweets and lime juice at the end of it. The weeklies would inevitably feature a variation of the tricolor. And we'd all praise gandhi and nehru in suitably patriotic terms.

But what does it mean now?

I'm out of school. no more parades or flag raisings. It's been years since i even sang the national anthem. And i feel increasingly that the national agenda has been hijacked by xenophobics, jingoists and demagogues for their own purposes. Our political arena is witness to the creative hi-jinks of a bunch of stupid politicans. and this is apparently what it means to be a free nation.

To be a nationalist, you have to wear khadi, spout meaningless fundae on "trysts with destiny" and "mera bharath mahan". You have to either be a hindu, or acknowledge their superior benevolence. And you have to vehemently jeer anyone who opposes you as anti-nationalist.

Does anyone else feel jaded by this farce?

I appreciated the fine speech, Prime Minister. But what are you going to do about it? You are taking my money away in the form of cesses and taxes. I see it going down the drain. You promise bureacratic reform. And the machine grows bigger each day. You promise forward progress. But you come from a huge, inert political machine further slowed down by communist members. I see a lot of movement. But we're still in the same place.

Even Pandit Nehru was great with the rhetoric. He spoke beautifully while driving India down the middle path of socialism till each and every indian became equally poor. Show me some creative action Prime Minister.

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Politics and Orientation

I was reading AnarCapLib recently. one of the best indian blogs. and was thinking about politics and our orientations.
what's yours?

i know i'm a laissez faire capitalism. grounded in a love of my freedom and rational thought, i think capitalism offers the best mode of relating economically as a society.

and i believe in personal and economic freedoms. and i believe the state has almost no role to play in society. in the words of an american president "the govt can't solve the problem. the govt is the problem"

which brings me to part three : i don't believe in anarchy. atleast not as a practical solution to the problem of goverment. i think a minimum government is required. and democracy rocks.

so what does that make me?
what does that make you?